Thomas mcwatters



T. MGWATTERS. Shoe and Hame Fastener.

(MpdeL) No. 235,271. Patented Dec. 7,1880.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS MGWATTERS, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

SHOE AND HAME FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,271, dated December 7, 1880.

Application filed April 17, 1880.

To all whom it magj conoern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS MCWATTERS, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Washington, in the District of Golumbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe and Hame Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled. in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l represents a perspective of my shoe or other fastener. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal sectional view of the same, showing it attached to the flaps or edges of the article. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the sliding bar; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blank ,or base plate, showing the same opened out as cut from one piece of sheet metal.

My invention relates to shoe and other fasteners; and the novelty consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The letter A of the drawings represents the blank or base plate B, the cogged or toothed lever, and O the sliding bar.

In carrying out my invention 1 take apiece of sheet metal and stamp it out as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The base-plate A has flanges a and a, which are bent upward at the dotted lines, as shown, to form a casing for the cogs on the lever B, and prevent the same from being clogged with dirt, dust, or

(Model) The letter D represents barbs at each end of the base-plate A, to secure my device to the article to which it is to be applied. The bar 0 has holes (1, which receive the cogs or teeth 11, and operate back and forth by the upand-down movement of the said lever B. The said sliding bar 0 has pin 6 at or near its outer end, to receive the opposite edge of the article. The lever B has a hole or catch at or near its outer end, so that when the said lever is depressed it secures itself under the catch f on the pin or stud e, and serves to prevent the article from slipping over the said pin or stud.

F Frepresentcone-shaped pieces on the back or upper side of the lever B.

When my device is applied to shoes the cone'shaped pieces are intended to represent two rows of buttons.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. In a shoe or other fastener, the lever B, provided with a catch or keeper, e, at or near one end, and journaled in bearings with cogs or teeth d, meshing in holes 01' of the sliding bar 0, said sliding bar having a stud, c, with a catch, f, all constructed substantially as described, and for the purposes specified.

2. In a shoe or other fastening, the blank or base A, having flanges a and a, c and c, and barbs D, in combination with the lever B, having catch 6. teeth d, and sliding plate C, having holes at, and catch f, constructed and operated substantially as specified.

3. In a shoe or other fastener, the lever B, provided with the opening or catch 6 at one end and the cogs or teeth at the other end, said lever being pivoted in theflanges a of the plate or blank A, in combination with the plate or blank A and the sliding plate 0, having the perforations d, and the stud or pin 6, with notch f, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS MOWATTERS.

Witnesses:

CHAS. H. KRENER, L. I. ONEAL. 

